Recent necrology, February 2016

Some well-known people who have died recently:

• Christopher Nugent Lawrence Brooke, 1927-2016
  Historian who brought humane sympathy to the study of medieval life, church and marriage

• Martin Crowe, 1952-2016
  New Zealand cricket great who scored 17 test centuries

• Umberto Eco, 1932-2016
  Professor of semiotics and literary star who wrote clever bestsellers such as The Name of The Rose, and Foucault’s Pendulum

• Margaret Forster, 1938-2016
  Prolific novelist and biographer whose books brilliantly anatomised the lives of ordinary people. Read Roberta's post about Margaret Forster

• Sophia Hawthorne, 1977-2016
  One of New Zealand’s best-known actresses, star of Savage Honeymoon

• Frank Kelly, 1938-2016
  Actor who delighted audiences as the outrageous Father Jack in Father Ted

• George Kennedy, 1925-2016
  Tender tough guy who starred in Cool Hand Luke and The Naked Gun

• Harper Lee, 1926-2016
  American novelist who produced one greatly loved masterpiece in To Kill a Mockingbird

• Louise Rennison, 1951-2016
  ‘Queen of Teen’ whose comic novels captured the horrors and occasional triumphs of adolescence

• Ranginui Walker, 1932-2016
  Influential Māori rights academic and writer. Read Moata's post about Ranginui Walker